Plasmodium ovale

This malaria parasite of humans is has a micx of P. vivax and P. malariae traits. The cellular components resemble that if P. malariae but it is found in immature Red Blood Cells like P. vivax. It is most simal to P. vivax except for the fact that it is resistant to people who are negative for the Duffy blood group. For this reason it is more common then P. vivax in sub-Saharan Africa.